Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | J. W. Young |
Discovery site | Table Mountain Obs. |
Discovery date | 1 February 2003 |
Designations | |
(84882) Table Mountain | |
Named after | Table Mountain Observatory [2] (discovering observatory) |
2003 CN16 · 1997 UB9 | |
main-belt [1][3] · (middle) background [4][5] | |
Orbital characteristics [3] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 20.71 yr (7,565 d) |
Aphelion | 3.4081 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8620 AU |
2.6351 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2934 |
4.28 yr (1,562 d) | |
10.961° | |
0° 13m 49.44s / day | |
Inclination | 13.857° |
20.490° | |
349.84° | |
Physical characteristics | |
3.023±3.023 km[4][6] 3.027±0.563 km[4][7] | |
0.279±0.146[7] 0.306±0.075[6] | |
S/Q (SDSS-MOC)[8] | |
14.6[1][3] | |
84882 Table Mountain (provisional designation 2003 CN16) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 February 2003, by American astronomer James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.[1] The S/Q-type asteroid was later named after the discovering observatory.[2]
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